Kelly North and Bethany Massey-Chase are at St Pancras and have had train to Paris cancelled, due to what staff described to them as “a blocking in the tunnel”.

“They’ve just said all services are cancelled,” says Kelly – this is despite some services still listed as running on the Eurostar website.

The pair add that they weren’t told “anything specific about times”, Bethany says, just that “everyone with a booking today needs to move it”.

“People are still waiting here. I think they’re still expecting that they’ll get on, but there’s nothing happening,” says Kelly.

Bethany adds that they’ve “been lucky and scored one [a train] for tomorrow, but we’ve had to get on really quick because they’re all booking out” she adds.

“Everyone’s a bit stressed, they’re all asking for help,” says Kelly.

Bethany adds that younger passengers have been helping out less technologically-confident travellers with navigating re-booking their trains online: “All the youngies are stepping in and helping out.”